NE Valley Times

Joseph Meehan earned $41,858 in 2018 working as a museum curator for the Historical Society, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic on more than 150,000 employees in the state.

The employee's total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid employee working for the Historical Society—William Burns—earned $120,000 as the director.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Salary
1	William Burns	Director	$120,000
2	William Ponder	--	$80,150
3	William Peterson	--	$72,000
4	Kimberly Bittrich	Administrative services officer	$69,104
5	Tawn Downs	--	$68,000
6	David Turpie	--	$58,000
7	Yolanda South	Administrative services officer	$57,649
8	Susan Irwin	--	$56,700
9	Melba Davis	Administrative services officer	$53,500
10	Yanna Kruse	--	$52,223
11	Rebekah Percival	Archivist	$51,476
12	Debra McKinion	--	$51,000
13	Eric Gonzales	Physical plant supervisor	$46,200
14	Valerie Shanahan	Administrative assistant	$45,000
15	Jan Persidskis	Building maintenance specialist	$44,625
16	Joseph Meehan	Museum curator	$41,858
17	Kathryn Stewart	Archivist	$40,000
18	Caitlin Lampman	Archivist	$39,316
19	Rachael Black	Archivist	$39,000
20	Roy Goodman	Administrative assistant	$37,500
21	Brandi Klein	Accounting specialist	$37,440
22	Nicole Lober	Program project specialist	$36,779
22	Erin Kirchner	Museum curator	$36,779
24	Michelle Prosser	--	$36,000
25	Doreen Crowe	--	$34,659
26	Lizeth Zepeda	Archivist	$33,443
27	Katharine Fitzpatrick	Archivist	$33,435
28	Michael Goodwin	--	$33,280
29	Ann Mary Ruelas	Museum curator	$32,550
30	Jill Hough	Administrative assistant	$32,032
31	Ashley Smith	--	$31,110
31	Alexandra Siskonen	--	$31,110
33	Janelle Gintz	Custody service representative	$29,120
34	Breann Velasco	Administrative assistant	$28,107
35	Nicola Brownlee	Custody service representative	$28,059
36	Dennis Rogers	Custodial crew supervisor	$27,040
37	Emily Orzel	Graphic designer	$25,076
38	Linda Whitaker	Archivist	$23,738
39	Marica Whittemore	Administrative assistant	$23,191
40	Peter Mueller-Martin	Building maintenance specialist	$21,756
41	Jean E. Tureaud	Administrative assistant	$20,280
42	Julia Arriola	Museum curator	$15,239
43	John Degraff	--	$13,134
44	Megan Nolan	--	$13,021
45	Elyssa Marley	--	$5,673